Relief!

After my somewhat embarrassing call on a radio show Saturday morning revealed that the red spots are glands common on cherry trees and the local USU extension agent over Integrated Pest Management clarified that the damaged leaves are likely due to a frost when the leaves were young and tender, (in addition to commenting that the glands are quite large), I am somewhat relieved to know that I am not losing a war with pests!

Above is a close-up (yes, I also learned how to use the close-up zoom on my camera) of the new cherry tree.

Here are a few pictures of the new trees, all of which have already burst out with active buds now developing and leaves starting to show.

This is one of the peach trees. I've noticed that most of the smaller branches appear to be dead, but there is growth from the ... trunk?

This apple was planted a day or two (or three) later than the others, but as of this evening, there were even developing buds on the lateral branches.

This is by far, the most aggressive grower. One of the new buds has already grown a small branch about an inch and a half long so far!

Okay, so this isn't from any of the new plantings, but I had to show off one of the close-up images of a crabapple blossom now that I'm getting the hang of the close-up zoom focus!

Really bugging me...

Here are a couple of photos of two sweet cherry trees. Of course, the brand-new planting is already infested. The more established is the Black Tartarian semi-dwarf. The new cherry with emerging leaves is a BlackGold semi-dwarf planted about two weeks ago now.

I treated the established tree with Pyola, a canola oil with pyrethrin derived from chrysanthemum flowers. After not seeing any results, I took an affected leaf to a store for an opinion. Unfortunately, the red "part" on the stem of the leave didn't do too well in my car while I was at work. At any rate, the representative at the store didn't see any pests on the leaf, but recommended Triple Action as a fungicide, insecticide, and miticide that uses Neem oil. After a couple of days, there doesn't appear to be any change to the red "parts", and, of course, I had to treat the new tree that was just planted as well.

Is it time to drop the organic-based pesticides? None of the other (apple, crabapple, or peach) trees are affected.